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Definition of flamboyant : Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; - said of the later ( 15th century) French Gothic style.

Synonyms:

loud, sweet acacia, scented wattle, prominent, pronounced, plain, brash, rubicund, flaring, clean, flame tree, sanguine, ruddy, emphatic, grabby, extravagant, broad-leaved bottletree, kenspeckle, cassie, noisy, sporty, swank, colored, grandly, flame durrajong, bright, mimosa bush, splurgy, golden, bold, resplendent, unrestrained, royal poinciana, colorful, gold, color-coded, gilt, chintzy, Poinciana regia, bleached, sweet wattle, ablaze, bodacious, bling, grand, jazzy, striking, trophy, marked, Delonix Regia, remarkable, commanding, cold, flash, aureate, fire tree, arresting, conspicuous, razzle-dazzle, peacock flower, catchy, pretentious, eye-catching, glossy, glitzy, brilliant, flaming, huisache

fancy, high-sounding, bloated, ponderous, rhetorical, highfalutin, embellished, gilded, rococo, bombastic, florid, inflated, rich, eloquent, lofty, voluble, elaborate, baroque, flowery

forced, histrionic, flagrant, snazzy, flaunting, gaudy, boastful, opulent, exhibitionistic, vain, affected, garish, dashing, dramatic, splashy, rakish, formal, stilted, grandiose, ostentatious, fussy, pompous, grandiloquent, blatant, flourishing, flashy, sensational, shameless, ornate, jaunty, showy

Usage examples:

• In its central tower alone- which may or may not be suggestive of a market- basket, accordingly as you will take Ruskin's opinion, or form one of your own- is the least evidence of the developed flamboyant found. - "The Cathedrals of Northern France", Francis Miltoun.
• I know not how this Romanesque, and at times flamboyant, style of architecture may please thecritics. - "Hyperion", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• Politicians of many shades of opinion had begun to cloak themselves with " opportunism"- a conveniently vague term, first employed by Gambetta, but finally used to designate any serviceable compromise between parliamentary rule, autocracy, and flamboyant militarism. - "The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)", John Holland Rose.